​Announcing eduroam CAT

Cambridge, UK | 13 February 2013

eduroam CAT eases user configuration and admin support

eduroam (education roaming) is the secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community. It allows students, researchers and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when visiting other participating institutions by simply opening their laptop.

Depending on local policies at the visited institutions, eduroam participants may also have additional resources (for example printers) at their disposal.  As the number of WiFi enabled devices grows, CAT (eduroam Configuration Assistant Tool) has been developed to simplify the process of enabling laptops, smartphones and tablets to connect, making eduroam easier for both users and IT administrators.

Support for IT administrators

Intended to further support eduroam Identity Provider administrators, the eduroam CAT suite of tools allows campus administrators to present customised helpdesk information to users. This includes how to access CAT (either directly or as an integral part of their own online information) making the eduroam service much easier to install and manage.

Enabling CAT users

Once CAT is primed with information about a particular institution, so students, researchers and other staff can then install, configure and activate eduroam with just a few clicks on the CAT web pages.

To find out more about eduroam CAT and how it was developed, you can read the full article in the January issue of CONNECT magazine

For more information on registering to use CAT: cat.eduroam.org